by Ray Burke

Created on: October 24, 2008   Last Updated: January 07, 2009

God's Assets:

Occasionally, I ponder the very stuff of God's divine nature and wonder about his existence. Now in this time of global financial crisis, I wondered how such a crisis would affect God. The universe is God's greatest asset, so how rich is God? Since he created the universe, does he have sole ownership, or is his universal property divided among lesser Gods, angels, mystical forces and probably the Devil and demons (someone has to own hell). Is heaven the penthouse of the universe and hell the basement? Let us consider God's assets.

How much does the universe cost? Has anyone ever costed the universe; all the galaxies, stars, clusters and planets? We humans put values on the universal elements (like carbon, iron, gold, etc), but does God put such values on the cosmic stuff he has made? Where is the costliest place in the universe? Is it in a dense stellar cluster, the centre of the universe, or is there a universal equivalent to the French Riviera? Are black holes universal stock collapses and the rest of the galaxy whips around to create stars to pay off the cosmic debt? Are dark matter and dark energy shadowy investors in the material world, supplying cosmic funds in terms of gravity? The universe must have some kind of value even to a God, whether financial or spiritual, and the interest from its expansion must be astronomical.

Is God an entrepreneur? Is the universe a business venture? Did God have to buy up the matter and energy to create the universe or was he a speculator just gathering what was freely floating around and creating a patented network called the universe? Does he own the cosmic software, keeping a tight grip on the laws of the universe or is he a philanthropist ceding certain laws and property to other masters of the universe, like a wiki? The universal company is definitely in the black, but as it operates in a vacuum, God will have to watch out that the bubble doesn't burst one day.

Along with the matter of the universe, which can be totalled up into material assets, what about the intangibles, the priceless life-giving energy of the cosmic green machine, like the solar winds, nuclear fusion, lunar tidal power, comet water, and star light; what price they in the larger scheme? If humans are not the only life form to inhabit this cosmic real estate, then how much value do we add to the system? Are we living rent-free? Is the universe a des res because of our presence or a squatter's den for humanity? Are humans a tax on the system?

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